Thanks for the idea.  I'll try it.  Do you have a particular program 
you use for bitmap editing?

On Nov 18, 2003, at 1:53 PM, Bryan Forrest wrote:

> I have a feeling Word is scaling down the picture to fit in the margin 
> settings. Images tend to get fuzzier when reduced down I've noticed. 
> Maybe you can open the image in another program, scale it down there, 
> and then import the new image into Word full sized. I've had similar 
> issues bringing in PDF files into Word and printing them out.
>
> Bryan C. Forrest
> Macintosh Specialist
> LifeNet
> http://www.lifenet.org
>
> On Nov 18, 2003, at 1:22 PM, Stephen Ellis wrote:
>
>> I am new to the world of OS X.  My printer is a Lexmark Z52, which I 
>> also used with my former computer (a Gateway PC).  I frequently 
>> prepared a Word document that has a line to a bitmap file.  When I 
>> print, the copy is not as clear and sharp as I would get before.  
>> What is most curious is that if I use the same bitmap in ax Excel 
>> file, the image is a sharp as it was before.  I created the bitmap 
>> file with Finale (music notation software), printed out the page 
>> (which was sharp), then scanned that into a bitmap file (which when 
>> printed is also sharp).  Since the same printer is being used for all 
>> of these applications, it would seem to be something within Word.  
>> Does anyone have any thoughts on the problem?
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
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